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surplus labour

surplus labour noun: labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker.

Noun

surplus labour (uncountable)

  1. Labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker.

Questions about surplus labour

What does surplus labour mean?
Surplus labour means labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker.
What part of speech is surplus labour?
Surplus labour is a noun.

Words near surplus labour in the dictionary

  1. surplus
  2. surplus budget
  3. surplus budgets
  4. surplus killing
  5. surplus killings
  6. surplus labour
  7. surplus to requirements
  8. surplus value
  9. surplus values
  10. surplusage
  11. surplusages

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